I had never been to an escape room before and I heard about some friend's experiences here in Vancouver where they have so many thoughtful props and even move onto a separate room after each stage. One friend had an experience where they each start off in separate cages that are locked. WOAH, intense. Our friends picked this place since we were visiting from out of town and I had a certain level of expectation for the room itself and the prop design. Nothing too fancy here, but I think less props means it is an easier room so not to distract people to the wrong direction? Who knows.
We were in the stock exchange room - I thought it was pretty difficult but after solving the puzzles it made a lot of sense. Unfortunately we went with someone who had done the room before (but didn't complete it fully, although it felt like they had...) so that was an edge for sure. We ended up escaping but it seemed like a false experience and that we truly didn't do it on our own, so not a rewarding feeling at all. I recommend not picking a room someone has tried before if you want to really get the full experience. I don't really count this as a true escape room experience because of this, but no blame on the business at all and this didn't effect the star rating since it was our choice.
I thought it was still a memorable and I learned that not all escape rooms are the same when it comes to efforts in prop design. It isn't necessary for the game design but it would be a nice addition. I did enjoy the photo taking at the end, the props were fun and cute.